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This broadside of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway promotes the sale of railroad lands in Neosho County. The advertisement claims the lands are suitable for agriculture and close to natural resources and established settlements. The terms of sale are outlined as is the price per acre. The poster lists the railway's branch offices and its land commissioner, Isaac T. Goodnow, of Neosho Falls. This advertisement illustrates the important role railroad companies played in promoting Euro-American settlement and agricultural industries in the Great Plains.
Creator: Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company
Date: 1875
Item Number: 210201
Call Number: K Port 385 M69
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210201
Business and Industry - Railroad - Advertising
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Business and Industry - Railroad - Land sales
Date - 1870s - 1875
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Advertising Medium - Poster
People - Notable Kansans - Goodnow, Isaac T., 1814-1894
Places - Cities and towns - Neosho Falls
Places - Counties - Neosho
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Transportation - Railroads - Advertising
Transportation - Railroads - Agricultural development
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Transportation - Railroads - Land sales
Type of Material - Printed materials - Posters
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